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Stock and Fixed Asset Management - Accredited

Unit Standard: 
13945
NQF Level: 
NQF 4
Credits: 
2
Course Category: 
Finance

Accredited
Duration: 1 Day
Time: 8:30am-4:00pm

There is a significant cost to carrying excess stock, which is often misunderstood or simply mismanaged.

Effective stock and asset management will have a very direct and positive effect on cashflow and profitability.

Let us show you how it should be done.

 WHO SHOULD ATTEND

  • All supply chain staff
  • Business owners
  • Non-financial managers

  HOW YOU WILL BENEFIT

  • Differentiate between the different types of assets within the business unit
  • Gain insight into how to maintain a balance between too much and too little stock
  • Identify which type of stock is prone to theft and how to put systems in place to minimise this
  • Understand how effective stock management impacts on the profitability and returns
  • Implement an inventory management system
  • Calculate stock turn and its impact on your bottom line
  • Assess the value of assets and calculate depreciation correctly
  • Develop a Risk Management programme appropriate for your business

 WHAT WILL BE COVERED

  • Differentiating between fixed assets and stock in a business unit
  • Principles of stock and fixed asset management
  • Identifying problems arising from too little or too much stock
  • Why stock control is so critical
  • Risks associated with stock management
  • The importance of quality, quantity, time, price and source in managing stock
  • Calculating stock turn for a business unit
  • Asset registers, valuation of assets and principles of depreciation
  • Risks associated with fixed asset management and how to minimise them 
Official course name: 
Describe and apply the management of stock and fixed assets in a business unit 
Accredited: 
Yes

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